Where to start, where to start! We are having so much fun with Tim & LuJean and Allison! On Wednesday Tim worked with Grandpa at the Newell K Whitney home. Before that we all met at the McKee sandwich shop in Nauvoo. Grandpa had gone to work that morning so he came from work, and I rode in with the Hofheins. Great Grandpa and Grandma Pierce also met us there, but they had already eaten. We all really enjoyed the time we had to visit. As we were finishing up our meal, Great Grandpa Pierce slyly walked up to the cash register and paid for all of our meals! We were all very surprised and very thankful for his and Great Grandma Pierce's kindness. While Grandpa and Uncle Tim went to work, LuJean, Allison and I, went to Great Grandpa & Grandma Pierce's home so they could take a tour of their home. Then we went to Jacob and Tally's so we could have a tour of their home/apt too. Also while we were at Jacob & Tally's, Jacob copied off a disk of pictures of the temple and things that he had taken, and also a friends pictures were on it too. After we left Jacob & Tally's we hurried to go grocery shopping so that we would be home before the "guy" made it home. We did it too. They got home just after us. So then we were deciding what to do with the evening. We saw that SALT was playing at the theater so we went and saw it. It was very suspenseful!

Thursday we went into Nauvoo and saw the Women statues and saw the play Just Plain Anna Amanda. After the play we went on a carriage ride. We all enjoyed it alot! Then we stopped in at Annie's frozen custard shop and all got some frozen custard! As always it was yummy! Then we had to hurry home so we wouldn't be late getting there because Jacob & Tally were coming at 4:00. We ordered pizza from the Casey's in Hamilton before we left Annie's frozen custard so that it would be ready to pick up on our way home. Well they were slow with the pizza and Jacob & Tally beat us home! We ate dinner and played games! It was GREAT!

Yesterday, Friday, Grandpa & I got up early to go into Nauvoo for the farewell breakfast they were having for the missionaries that were going home in August, which was being held at the outdoor theatre. There were alot of missionaries going home when you include all the YPM's (Young too. Also the Carthage Jail site Sister missionaries were leaving too. The breakfast was set up with three rows of tables, with each row being three tables long. Each row of tables was set up with food from one end to the other end with food! And the food was YUMMY! After we ate we sat and watched the a program. The YPM's, which made up the missionaries who were in the plays and those who were in the brass band did a musical number from what the puppets do just before Just Plain Anna Amanda. On of the Couples that were leave had wrote a song and performed that. All of the Senior missionaries did a really funny musical number. The Sister Missionaries did a spoof on one of the comedy routines from Sunset by the Mississippi that was hilarious! The reason that we went to this was that one of the Senior missionary that is leaving is one of the painters that work with Grandpa. Grandpa is really sad to see him leave because he is such a good painter and worker!

When we got home we all planned to have a low key game day and it started that way and it finished that way, but we took a detour in the middle. Uncle Tim really wanted to get some pictures of him standing at the Joseph and Hyrum statues that are across the street from the Temple, so we all decided it would be fun to go in with him. We worked it out to be in Nauvoo when Jacob woke up. ( He works nights so his schedule is all weird, most of you can relate to that!) It was nice and Jacob did a great job! Then we all went back to our house, including Jacob and Tally, and played games. We taught Tim & LuJean how to play, Hand and Foot. They loved it. Well at least LuJean loved it, Tim, had fun just being there. He is not the biggest fan of playing games.

Today we slept in. It is now just after 11:00 and I haven't even gotten dressed for the day. When we're all ready, we are going to go into Nauvoo to see some sites, go down the Trail of Hope, and to go to the Fudge Factory. Then we're hoping that when we get home there will still be enough time to play Hand and Foot, LuJean is addicted.